U.S. rate of physical inactivity-associated cancers 2016-2020, by age group
Growing evidence suggests that physical activity lowers the risk of several types of cancer. Between 2016 and 2020, people aged 80 to 84 years in the U.S. had the highest incidence of physical inactivity-associated cancers, with a rate of 446 cases per 100,000 people. This graph shows the rate of new physical inactivity-related cancers per 100,000 people from 2016 to 2020 in the United States, by age group.